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Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates

By Tom Robbins

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Contemporary literature

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates

By Tom Robbins

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"As clever and witty a novel as anyone has written in a long time . . . Robbins takes readers on a wild, delightful ride. . . . A delight from beginning to end."-Buffalo News Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of innocence, is aching to deflower his high-school-age stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about Switters. He doesn't merely pack a pistol. He is a pistol. And as we dog Switters's strangely elevated heels across four continents, in and out of love and danger, discovering in the process the "true" Third Secret of Fatima, we experience Tom Robbins-that fearless storyteller, spiritual renegade, and verbal break dancer-at the top of his game. On one level this is a fast-paced CIA adventure story with comic overtones; on another it's a serious novel of ideas that brings the Big Picture into unexpected focus; but perhaps more than anything else, Fierce Invalids is a sexy celebration of language and life. Praise for Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates "Superb."-New York Post "Dangerous? Wicked? Forbidden? You bet. . . . Pour yourself a bowl of chips and dig in."-Daily News, New York "Robbins is a great writer . . . and definitely a provocative rascal."-The Tennessean "Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction never read a Tom Robbins novel. . . Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals."-San Diego Union-Tribune
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
466
Release Date:
2001-05-29
Publication Date:
2001-05-29
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
055337933X
ISBN13:
9780553379334
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
343 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
26 cm

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